SAR reader Isidor Taylor sent me his last A7s video shot with Top model Lise Olsen. Doesn’t tell a lot about the A7s quality but she is a beauty!
And here some more A7s news:
Behind the Scenes with the Sony A7 & A7s (Joshmcleodphotography).
Dirty slow motion video test between a Sony FS700 at 240 frames per second, a7s at 120 and a NEX7 at 60 (Dave Tameling).
Sony A7S Image Quality Analysis (Imaging Resource).
Sony A7s Compared To Sony A7r At High ISO Settings + Full Size Resolution Jpgs (Soundimagesplus).
A7s CINOFLEX (Vimeo).
Stills from 4K: How Many Megapixels Does it Take to Make a Great Wedding Album? (Planet5d).
German High ISO test (Sony Germany Forum).
Drifting From Shore shot on the A7s on Vimeo.
Zach: “Commercial video for TxBands.com shot entirely on the A7s. The camera performed very well in an incredibly fast paced environment. Only had a few hours to shoot the event and publish the video before the event ended. The camera never got in the way and just allowed me to focus on shooting. https://vimeo.com/110933800”
Laszlo: “here two links to clips shot using Sony a7s in one voigtlander 35mm lens and in the other Loxia 35 mm lens. enjoy. https://vimeo.com/106631345 and https://vimeo.com/110671055″
Ashley: “We recently filmed a black friday advertisement for our store using the Sony A7s with only available light. Most of the night shots are at ISO’s of 8000 or more, we would love to hear what you think of the video and if you think it is something the SAR community would like to see. Really shows how the A7s works in such low light conditions and still can deliver an image with great contrast and saturation. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ULy-dQuhu4I”
What I never noticed before is that the Sony A7s is the leader of the Professiona Grade sales ranking at Amazon (Click here to see the full ranking).
Sony A7s store links:
Sony A7s in USA/CA at Amazon, Adorama, BHphoto, Sony USA, Sony Canada.
Sony A7s in Eu at Sony DE, UK, ES, FR, IT, NL, BE, AT, CH, SE, NO, FI, PL. And Wex UK.
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She’s okay, I guess
Come on now manufacturers can we stop chasing megapixels. This is surely a good indicator that the majority a consumers are not interested and would prefer the better noise levels of lower MP.
These rankings indicate only that people don’t buy serious video cameras on Amazon. And most consumers I’m afraid still think of pixel count as the main measure of image quality.
Amazon doesn’t sell most of the “serious” video camera. Unless you mean consumer camcorders.. which why would you buy one?
People don’t buy them on Amazon because Amazon doesn’t sell them (because people don’t buy them on Amazon), is what I meant, not expecting you to parse and argue like that.
And actually you can buy the F3, FS100 and FS700 on Amazon. C300 too, just via third parties.
im waiting for the a7s V 2.0. to see what they do with the specs.. id buy one at 24mp.. but 12mp is just too low resolution.. yes, all you need for print is 12..but 12 leaves you no room..even cropping in slightly and your picture turns to mush..so im told. besides as an a7r, a6000, nex-7 and previously nex-6 and 5 owner..id get thrown out of the house if i buy another camera before next year..but she doesnt mind getting the handmedowns!
If you compare the A7s resolution it that of a 24mp resolution….you would be very supposed to see that the 24mp photo does not have “that” much more detail.
Many people think that that A7 with 24mp is TWICE the resolution of the A7s’ 12mp..it’s not even close to twice the resolution.
Again…you might be supposed how close the A7 and the A7s are in resolution.
Damn predictive typing!!!
i know its not a deal breaker difference between the a6000 and the 7s resolution but i do enjoy the freedom the a7r gives to crop around and re-frame when desired. and and if didnt already have too many cameras id probably get one simply for lower noise long exposures..and i probably will! but..i need to wait..too many lenses coming out in feb..saving up for that 35 1.4 and the 90 macro 🙂
The ability to ‘crop’ even the A7 is pretty darn limited. If you crop 1.5x which isn’t much you are getting a 10MP APS-C output. If you need to crop or need extra pixel density you are better off using a crop camera like the A6000. This ‘ability to crop’ is way overhyped. If you need to crop you are using the wrong camera.
okok, i mean pixel peep! there i admitted it! 🙂
Dont.worry the A7S has amazing pixels 😉 Besides in terms of real resolution rather than MP the difference isn’t huge.
youre really trying to get me to buy another camera arent you?
Nah 🙂 But don’t dismiss for having ‘only’ 12MP, the A7S is the best camera Sony have ever made 😉
BRB, buying another camera.
And what would you crop from your extremely noisy a6000 image at ISO, say, 25K? I wish your a6000 had 70mp to bind you to low ISO only. The beauty of a7s THE HIGH ISO IQ. You do not get basics.
i dont shoot at 25k..i try not to shoot over 1600 and only then when it has to be handheld. i suck at post and have no idea what im doing with it at this point in time. so yes, it would be a great camera for me because i like night photography and long exposure but as stated..i dont need 5 cameras..but thanks for your polite sales pitch.
I don’t get it, why wait for A7s v2 when the A7 already gives you 24mp?
You can’t get good video with high res cameras, as 4K is just roughly 8mp.
in all seriousness, i think its a great camera. but i cant justify buying any more cameras right now. im waiting until i either wear out one of my other alpha cameras, or i cant stand the temptation any more. playing with time lapse ive got 36000 frames on the a6000 beater and it still works perfectly and i dont use video recording as i render video from still images..but im hoping one of the next camera releases has highspeed/super slow video capability, because thats something id like to experiment with.. i try not to get pulled into the whole release camera X, then 6 months later camera Y is released that has this other feature camera X doesnt have and then you wind up with both..instead im just enjoying using what i have and hopefully waiting for another full cycle to upgrade..because you know…theres still always lenses!
I guess you missed my point, my point is, the A7s is a camera designed for video in mind, so it’ll likely not get a megapixel bump (as explained in my original comment) if there’s a Mark II version. There’s already the A7 and A7r for those who primary use of the camera is photo.
Unless of course if you want a 24mp with the low light capability of the A7s, which with the current sensor tech will be almost impossible.
this was a pretty inspiring review. http://www.lonelyspeck.com/sony-a7s-astrophotography-review/ especially noting the video he posted showing live view feed on the a7s of the milkyway..granted i live in a heavily light polluted city and would only get a chance to attempt such outings every few years..but it was neat none the less. trying to incorporate any type of landscape including sky is really difficult to get a clean image and i have very limited post production experience.. i guess i do see your point..im sure IF the a7s could do what it does with a higher resolution sensor, they would have made it that way. im just pretty wary of the whole practice of companies intentionally crippling and slowly releasing new features to keep people buying the updated model the very next year thats so heavily used in electronics these days.. i bought the original nex-5 (before wifi) ..between then i had to get the nex-7 because the 5 was down and i was going out of town the next day..then the 6 came out with wifi time lapse ability.. so ive now bought 5 cameras since 2011 or 2012..whenever.. and am trying to WAIT a full cycle.. not complaining or anything..just trying to be smarter about WHEN.
i wonder how can an alarm clock can be in 8th rank in amazon Professiona Grade video camera
Maybe the alarm clock will record the intruders that use the lock picking tools on that list.
It’s officially confirmed now: Admin is 12 years old.
Great rumor! Keep it up!
Yep Sony A7 line really rocks. Its the best camera today period.
Does she cook?
No the camera is for photos and video.
Well done 😉
why don’t you post a sexy model video shot with Sony gear every week ? I like it
Yeah, this vid wasn’t processed very well. But, the chic was hot!
Something funny is to compare the processing with millions dollars advertising like the Guerlain Shalimar Legend, here three screenshots taken with my Full HD macbook pro screen from youtube pause scene in 1080p… Notice that here, all the light is perfectly accurate for each scene…Interesting isn’t it ? https://www.dropbox.com/sh/wvhbuxe1c50rsqh/AADTvRZXWpCJb_Gy_-uGzBmZa?dl=0
You are sooooo wrong in sooooo maaaaannny levels! I have calibrated monitors. My issue isn’t with the colors. It’s with the processing. Even at 1080p, it gets pixelated. That is a rendering issue…not Youtube. There are a gazillion 1080p videos out there with better quality.
Also, the other thing that bugged me was her eyes were out of focus often. The thin DOF might have something to do with it. Shooting at very wide apertures can be tricky even on stills. No doubt, it’s especially difficult on videos where the subject is constantly moving around.
But, she is sooooo HHHOTT, though. 😀
Hey, I was talking only about the colors here, not about the pixelated fact or processing H264 output. I am glad that you have no prob with color rendition here. But you cannot say I am wrong about the idea that the screen is really important. I just saw the video from youtube on a sony laptop today with full hd screen and it look far better than my ugly TN macbook pro 17 screen… The video is a bit pixelated on some backgrounds or some colors, but there are plenty of details on others.. I think sometimes what you think is pixels is not, this is the noise resulting I add…anyway, the “out of focus” here is a style for me. I like to loose the focus and be back in focus, it is like playing with the subject, it works very well I think for a fashion shots like this… Yes it was tricky to focus at 1.2 😉 She is definitely delicious.
does it matter now since the a7s is obsolete with the new pro body coming out? I do a lot of video, now should I hold out?
You are asking if a camera is obsolete due to a camera that doesn’t even exist. You should buy the a7s, an amazing camera, and start making films with it
the video is over saturated & washed out :/ really bad example please take it down.
This is because youtube. It is corrected now.
This video has been shot in live situation with a monopod during a photoshoot (nothing has been prepared for making the “video part” before the shooting). I use of course manual focus. The lens used is the 85mm 1.2 canon FD L. Please note that this was absolutely not an ideal configuration for a video shooting, The light was changing all the time.
I use the digital zoom (x2) function sometimes, but I noticed a loss of sharpness, even if I read this fonction is lossless. Hope you’ll enjoy anyway… 😉 Thanks a lot for watching this video.
On the processing part : Something funny is to compare the processing with millions dollars advertising like the Guerlain Shalimar Legend. Here three screenshots taken with my Full HD macbook pro screen from youtube pause scene in 1080p… Notice that here, all the light is perfectly accurate for each scene…Interesting isn’t it ? https://www.dropbox.com/sh/wvhbuxe1c50rsqh/AADTvRZXWpCJb_Gy_-uGzBmZa?dl=0
Might try to stop down the aperture next time, the shallow depth of field wasn’t working well towards the end unless you were trying to only have her fingers in focus and not her face.
Yeah I know, it was a chalenge to shot at 1.2 in live…And the out of focus part can be sensual for me sometimes 😉
The girl is cute, the wobbly mount is not….
You picked the wrong cam. The A7s has a metal mount.
Exactly. My A7S has a stronger mount than my D700, my previous 6D and A850.
I own the A7s and A7r, both have a wobbly mount
Nope, I see the BMPCC as #1 and the A7s is #3.
most sexy ? Most annoying.